As part of the canonization process of Blessed Antoine Chevrier, two events took place on Thursday 17 June 2021 at the Prado Chapel in Lyon:
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- 2.00 pm: Round table "Becoming saints: a call for everyone".on the canonisation process of Blessed Antoine Chevrier *with :
o Mgr Olivier de GERMAY, Archbishop of Lyon,
o Sister Marie-Jo BARRIER, Superior of the Sisters of Prado,
o Pilar QUERALT CAPDEVILA, General Manager of the Prado Women's Institute,
o Father Gianni FESTA, Dominican: postulator of the cause of Father Chevrier.
- 2.00 pm: Round table "Becoming saints: a call for everyone".on the canonisation process of Blessed Antoine Chevrier *with :
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- At 3.15pm: "All eyes were on him". Celebration of the reception - blessing of the icon of Blessed Antoine Chevrier, founder of Prado: presided over by Mgr Olivier de Germay, Archbishop of Lyon.
Thanks to the Lyon diocesan service for the video recording of this event which we share with you below. In the coming days, this video will also be available on the Prado General website, with translations in Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Arabic: Prado is present in 46 countries around the world.
THE VIDEO OF THE CELEBRATION on Thursday 17 June 2021, from 2.00 to 3.00 pm:
VIDEO OF THE CELEBRATION on Thursday 17 June 2021, from 3.15pm to 4pm:
"Dear brothers and sisters, I invite you to return again and again to the magnificent figure of your founder, to meditate on his life and to ask for his intercession. The authentic spiritual experience that he lived intensely - immense compassion for the poor, understanding and sharing their suffering, and at the same time contemplating the self-denial of Christ who made himself one of them - was the source of his apostolic zeal and will be the source of your missionary dynamism. It will be the source of your missionary dynamism. (Pope Francis on the occasion of the visit to Rome in 2018)
The blessing of the icon of Father Chevrier and the accompanying Novena is being held to promote Father Chevrier's "reputation for holiness" within the international Pradosian family and the Church of Lyon.